Battle of Corunna order of battle

This is the order of battle for the Battle of Corunna, 16 January 1809.

French II Corps d'Armée

Commander-in-Chief: Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Total: between 13,000 and 20,000[1]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others
1st Division


    GD Merle

 1st Brigade


    GB Reynaud
  • 2e Légère
  • 36e Ligne
2nd Brigade


    GB Sarrut
  • 4e Légère
3rd Brigade


    GB Thomières
  • 15e Ligne
2nd Division


    GD Mermet

 1st Brigade


    GB Gaulois (k)
  • 122e Ligne
2nd Brigade


    GB Jardon
  • 31e Légère
  • 47e Ligne
3rd Brigade


    GB Lefebvre (w)
  • 2e Suisse
  • 3e Suisse
3rd Division


    GD Delaborde

 1st Brigade


    GB Foy
  • 70e Ligne
  • 86e Ligne
2nd Brigade


    GB Arnaud
  • 17e Légère
  • 4e Suisse
1st Cavalry Division


    GD Lahoussaye
  • 17e Dragons
  • 18e Dragons
  • 19e Dragons
  • 27e Dragons
2nd Cavalry Division


    GD Lorge
    Brigadiers: GB Fournier, GB Vialannes
  • 13e Dragons
  • 15e Dragons
  • 22e Dragons
  • 25e Dragons
3rd Cavalry Division


    GD Franceschi
  • 1e Hussards
  • 8e Dragons
  • 22e Chasseurs à Cheval
  • Hanoverian Chasseurs
Artillery
  • 20 guns

British Army

Commander-in-Chief: Lt Gen Sir John Moore (k)

Lt Gen Sir David Baird (w)
Lt Gen the Hon John Hope

Total: approx. 15,000[2]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others
Cavalry Division[3]


    Lt Gen Lord Paget

 1st Brigade


    Brig Gen John Slade
  • 7th Light Dragoons
  • 10th Light Dragoons
  • 15th Light Dragoons
2nd Brigade


    Brig Gen the Hon Charles Stewart
  • 18th Light Dragoons
  • 3rd Light Dragoons KGL
1st Division


    Lt Gen Sir David Baird (w)

 1st Brigade


    Maj Gen Henry Wade
  • 1/1st Guards
  • 2/1st Guards
2nd Brigade


    Maj Gen Lord William Bentinck
  • 1/4th Foot
  • 1/42nd Foot
  • 1/50th Foot
3rd Brigade


    Maj Gen Coote Manningham
  • 3/1st Foot
  • 1/26th Foot
  • 2/81st Foot
2nd Division


    Lt Gen the Hon John Hope

 1st Brigade


    Maj Gen James Leith
  • 51st Foot
  • 2/59th Foot
  • 2/76th Foot
2nd Brigade


    Maj Gen Rowland Hill
  • 2nd Foot
  • 1/5th Foot
  • 2/14th Foot
  • 1/32nd Foot
3rd Brigade


    Brig Gen Catlin Craufurd
  • 1/36th Foot
  • 1/71st Foot
  • 1/92nd Foot
3rd Division


    Lt Gen Alexander Fraser

 1st Brigade


    Maj Gen William Carr Beresford
  • 1/6th Foot
  • 1/9th Foot
  • 2/23rd Foot
  • 2/43rd Foot
2nd Brigade


    Brig Gen Henry Fane
  • 1/38th Foot
  • 1/79th Foot
  • 1/82nd Foot
Reserve Division


    Maj Gen the Hon Edward Paget

 1st Brigade


    Brig Gen Robert Anstruther
  • 20th Foot
  • 1/52nd Foot
  • 1/95th Rifles
2nd Brigade


    Brig Gen Moore Disney
  • 1/28th Foot
  • 1/91st Foot
Flank Brigades[4] 1st Flank Brigade


    Col Robert Craufurd
  • 1/43rd Foot
  • 2/52nd Foot
  • 2/95th Rifles
2nd Flank Brigade


    Brig Gen Charles, Count Alten
  • 1st Light Bn KGL
  • 2nd Light Bn KGL
Artillery

Nine guns

  • Truscott's Battery[5]
  • Wilmot's Battery

References
  1. Glover puts the French strength at 12,000 infantry and 3,300 cavalry (p. 389)
  2. The four infantry divisions had a strength of 22,000 on 19 December, the last date for which returns are available. There were considerable losses on the retreat to Corunna, so the best estimate is around 15,000 on the day of the battle (Glover, p/389)
  3. The cavalry had already embarked, and took no part in the battle (Glover, p.83)
  4. Detached to Vigo at the start of January (Lipscombe, p.91)
  5. The men from several other batteries whose guns had already been embarked remained to help man the nine guns (Lipscombe, p. 95)

Notes
  • Glover, Michael (2001). The Peninsular War 1807-1814. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-141-39041-7.
  • Lipscombe, Nick (2010). The Peninsular War Atlas. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 1-84908-364-9.
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